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0 so president biden has shown his willingness to engage putin where he can. and i think if we don't see any reciprocity, if putin doesn't want for play then this mix that president biden has offered is going to have to skew much more heavily towards the confrontation side so he gets the last word. >> stick with us, andrea, as we await president biden, he's set to begin his press conference in a few minutes. we're at the top of the hour. we've been discussing what will president putin said in his press conference. he spent a lot of time doing what about-isms, denying, deflecting any criticism ...

Honors are beneficiaries. the platforms were rigged against him, then he couldn't have used them so effectively in 2016. even the accusations of bias can have benefits. the white house forum for free speech violations also collected people's contact information. there's a serious side to all of this. reporting shows the conspiracy theory about a murdered dnc staffer was a kremlin disinformation campaign amplified by folk os then far right. the president would support the honest ads act that would have transparency on your feed. but it doesn't appear to be on the agenda at the conference. that'...

Policy. and that two step that comes with sanctions, that is a much more difficult causal chain to push. i don't think there will be any change in russian foreign policy right away. >> gary casperoff was on this week, and i -- >> i saw him. >> and you know him well. and we talked about this issue of the president individually not getting involved in punishing putin. it is always left to the administration, it is always left to a piece of paper or to a staffer or cabinet secretary or national security adviser and never the president himself. and casperoff believes putin does -- that he does rec...

Election. so yes, we've got to crack down on russia, we have to make it clear that this can't be done. but we have to harden -- we're on notice. and if this happens again, the blame is on us. >> right. now -- i think that is a very fair statement. let me ask you. this does putin see today's action as a gut punch or a slap on the wrist? >> you know, i think he's pretty much absorbed this notion that we're going to be doing these sanctions. i think it is the right thing to do. but quite frankly, there have been sanctions in the past, this is not the first set of sanctions imposed because of his ...

Before the break, the cloud of russia continues to hang over president trump's first month and a half in office. though in russia, his election was mostly met with fanfare, at least in kremlin-run media. recent lay it honeymoon appears to be coming to an end. whether or not vladimir putin could turn on president trump and what happens if he does that? joining me now is gary casperoff. a russian pro-democracy leader and a former world chess champion. he's run for the presidency in russia. he's also author of the book "winter is coming" why vladimir putin and the enemies of the free world must b...